The St. Anthony Mine is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Pinal county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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St. Anthony Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: St. Anthony Mine
Secondary: Mammoth Mine
Secondary: The Tiger
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Vanadium
Secondary: Semiprecious Gemstone
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1879
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Dioptase
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SPECTACULAR MINERAL SPECIMENS HAVE COME FROM THIS MINE.
Comment (Production): 2,540,842 POUNDS V2O5 PRODUCED, 1934-1944; SEE CREASEY, 1950, FOR TOTAL PRODUCTION OF AU, AG, PB, ZN, CU, AND MO
Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROBABLY NIL FOR V AND PROBABLY SMALL TO NIL FOR OTHER METALS
References
Reference (Deposit): CREASEY, 1950; HUTTL, 1941; PETERSON, 1938-SEE USGS BULL. 1316.
Reference (Deposit): BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): BLAIR, 1992.
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